Best Unfeeling Poems

Abyss of
emotions amiss
nebulous
floating numb
sensory deprivation
tank of a blank mind

Is this real?
I feel so surreal
foreign and
strange, too much
change- unfamiliar feelings
that send me reeling

Unfeeling
blindly reaching out
wandering
wondering
how to make it through without
knowing how I feel......

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In a world terrifying
One must make oneself hard
Because if you speak honestly
You will be feathered and tarred
To avoid heresy seekers
You willingly commit sin
Thus every time it's possible
You purposely harden your skin

Time inevitably passes
You feel strong to the core
And all you had to sacrifice
To feel nothing...

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sometimes it so happens
love knocks on icy hearts 
and is cold shouldered

in timeless time jagged rocks
are smoothened by the river’s flow
love employs no force

unconscious souls 
yet rooted in animal nature
appear cloaked in human form

the indwelling spirit
is the same within all
only coordinates differ

there’s neither judgment nor...

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The echo returned not, 
lost in the catacomb
of cold hearts that forgot
love of their mother’s womb,
that today counts for naught.

The echo returned not, 
blown away in the storm
of caprice ego taught,
negating embrace warm,
choosing to love abort.

The echo returned not, 
for amidst thought chatter
bound in a...

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In endless dark tunnel, 
winding incisive anguish
delves deep tireless through 
insensate sensual strata. 

Visual surface of being sheared 
to shards by excruciating trauma, 
sinks to benumbed depth 
of tolerant unfeeling... 
        
seamless stillness.

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January 16, 2023
For Brian Strand Contest...

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Deep tunnel of wound gripping

bored deep within sensual strata,

surface sheared in excruciating trauma,

sinks to benumbed depth of unfeeling...stillness.


Stanza taken from Layered Pain written on May 4, 2019
January 15, 2020
Submitted for contest : Arbitrium Divisa 6
Sponsor : Gregory R Barden...

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Deep tunnel of turmoil winding
  bores deep within the sensual strata 
    surface sheared in excruciating trauma 
      sinks to benumbed depth of unfeeling...
        seamless stillness.

August 26, 2020
Brian Strand...

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Desolate tunnel of wound devouring

Dug deep within the sensual strata

Soul sheared by excruciating shock

Sinks to benumbed depth of unfeeling...

Stillness.

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February 5, 2022
Contest : Bite Size Poem # 35
Sponsored by : Line Gauthier...

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sea of white -- one white 
behold the howls the screaming
of callous wind gusts...

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Boy With a Skateboard.

Her heart pounds, the cup in trembling hand
The waitress assures he’ll be here soon
The minutes pass like hours
Her face doesn’t betray her anxiety
Putting herself out there
Easily hurt, another sip of time passes.

His cap is fashionably back to front
Skateboard in hand, wheels facing...

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some days I sit
numb to the world
so much going on
too much to handle
I shut myself off
failing to feel anything

other days I sit
content just to be
prioritizing life
patience is my friend
optimistic
hopeful for the future

balancing emotions
too much, too little
a truly difficult goal
many things arise
obstacles to overcome
but I’ll be...

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I hate my coldness.

I hate my coldness; My ability not to feel
Walk away if pushed, grab the steering wheel
I can’t feel remorse, just another page turned
I won’t look back or feel my stomach’s churned
I go off like a firework and explode in the sky
When I...

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